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Author Topic: European Union Chemicals Directive Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 07-10-2003 02:35 AM                        This is the latest pile of Euro= being shovelled on us from Brussels. Brad - do you think this is likely to affect the UK availability of Filmguard?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 07-10-2003 03:01 AM                     If that thing passes, it won't just be FilmGuard, it will be pretty much everything imported. The whole thing sounds pretty ridiculous to me.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 07-10-2003 05:35 AM                        Leo I got the same message in an e-mail this morning. It is the first I've heard of it. One thing confuses me if we need to act before the 10th of July (according to the chemical company that sent this out) why wait till the 10th to try and drum up support?  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 07-10-2003 06:28 AM                        The message is clearly a spam advert of some description but the directive is genuine: there was a piece about it on the Today programme this morning, which also gives the closing date for consulation as today. Click here to hear it (in RealAudio format). As far as I can see, Brad's right: this is going to bugger up the import and sale of virtually every chemical substance (including mundane domestic ones like salt and washing-up liquid) used in Europe. The only explanation I can think of for the late alarm is that no-one knew about it until very recently. The same thing happened with the EU copyright directive, which, if implemented in full, is likely to be very bad news indeed for moving image and sound archives. Most were not even told about it until the Patent Office's consultation deadline had virtually expired. Whether this is cock-up or conspiracy I don't know, but where the EU is concerned I tend to suspect the latter.  |  IP: Logged

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